GS2446 GS1265 African Biomass Energy Conservation PoA Malawi Biomass Conservation (4)

Audit Analysis

This Gold Standard cookstove PoA activity in Malawi has verified additionality and a quantified 10% leakage deduction, but is undermined by eight unresolved corrective actions, a missing 2019 usage survey, no stated buffer pool, and significant contradictions in ERR figures across documents. The project-specific baseline and the large gap between the PDD ex-ante estimate and the verified ERR raise over-crediting concerns. Overall, the project shows moderate integrity with notable data reliability issues.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Eight corrective actions (CAR#01–CAR#08) were raised in the verification report, indicating systemic monitoring and reporting deficiencies
• ⚠No usage and monitoring surveys or WBTs were conducted in Malawi in 2019 for household/domestic cookstoves, creating a data gap in the monitoring period
• ⚠The PDD ex-ante lifetime ERR of 65,200 tCO₂e is roughly 2.7× lower than the 173,824 tCO₂e claimed in the verification report, raising over-crediting risk
• ⚠A deviation request submitted in October 2022 was only partially approved in March 2023, indicating ongoing compliance issues

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